• Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1996
• M.A., University of Washington, 1987
• B.A., University of Washington, 1986

• Associate Professor

Miranda Schreurs' research is focused on comparative and international environmental politics in Japan , China , East Asia , Germany , Europe, and the United States . She is currently working on a number of book projects:  

Enlarging Trans-Atlantic Relations: The Political Economy of Environment, Agriculture, and Trade in EU-US Relations (co-editing with Henrik Selin and Stacy VanDeveer).

Environmental Justice in China (co-editing with Jennifer Turner).

Historical Dictionary of Green Movements, Second Edition , Blue Ridge Summit , PA : Scarecrow Press.

Environmental Justice in Comparative Perspective: The EU, the US, and Japan  

She has had fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation Program on International Peace and Security Affairs, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science/National Science Foundation and the Tamaki Foundation. Schreurs served as co-director of the University of Maryland 's Freeman East Asian Studies Undergraduate Initiative. She has her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and her M.A. and B.A. from the University of Washington . Schreurs teaches courses on Japanese politics, East Asian politics, German politics, European politics, Comparative and International Environmental Politics, Comparative Environmental Politics and Law, and Research methodology.

• Comparative Politics
• International Relations

• Environmental Politics in Japan , Germany , and the United States ( Cambridge University Press, 2002)

• The Environmental Dimensions of Asian Security: Conflict and Cooperation in Pollution, Energy, and Resources (co-edited with In-taek Hyun, United States Institute of Peace, 2006)

• Environmental Policy in Japan (co-edited with Hidefumi Imura, Edward Elgar, 2005)

• The Internationalization of Environmental Protection (co-edited with Elizabeth Economy, Cambridge University Press, 1997)

• Ecological Security in Northeast Asia (co-edited with Dennis Pirages, Yonsei University Press, 1998).

• International Studies Association Environmental Studies Section Harold and Margaret Sprout Award for best environmental book of the year, honorable mention, 2005 for Environmental Politics in Japan , Germany , and the United States (Cambridge University Press, 2002).

• Teaching Awards, 1996, 1997

• Regents' Award for Inter-University Collaborative Teaching, 2005

• mschreurs@gvpt.umd.edu

Professor Schreur's CV